@TotallyAbsurd yeah why would you keep someone around who is a detriment to yourself or whose relation to you provides no value to you? How would you connect to that person or establish a meaningful relationship? If you and another person have a superficial relationship that relationship doesn't benefit either of you and would come off as fake and existing only due to social obligation. All social interactions are a trade. That trade could be deep and meaningful, superficial, or a detriment to one or more parties involved. We much therefore evaluate our relationships and determine which ones bring us positive impacts and which are negative and adjust them as we deem them so. That's how we build healthy relationships or get trapped in self destructive patterns.
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@Jake my reply to this is simple: there are animals that actually die without social interaction, no I'm not joking.
For more details, rabbits are, of course, the most well known case of this, but chimps have been known to do it as well. You can provide them with everything they need to survive and they will still die due to a lack of interaction.
Human studies into this had to be canceled mid way, as the month long isolation study started to show signs of schitzophrenia and a drastic increase in suicidal tendencies at 2 weeks -_- Individuals such as ourselves use the computer to stave off isolation, take a walk even if we don't talk to people, etc. In the study, they were trapped in a concrete cell with nothing but a toilet and a bed. They were fed bland tasting food and water 3 times a day through a small slot in the door and there was NO light. The result of the study was a ban on prison isolation punishments longer than 2 weeks and they always had to have a light and a window.
For more details, rabbits are, of course, the most well known case of this, but chimps have been known to do it as well. You can provide them with everything they need to survive and they will still die due to a lack of interaction.
Human studies into this had to be canceled mid way, as the month long isolation study started to show signs of schitzophrenia and a drastic increase in suicidal tendencies at 2 weeks -_- Individuals such as ourselves use the computer to stave off isolation, take a walk even if we don't talk to people, etc. In the study, they were trapped in a concrete cell with nothing but a toilet and a bed. They were fed bland tasting food and water 3 times a day through a small slot in the door and there was NO light. The result of the study was a ban on prison isolation punishments longer than 2 weeks and they always had to have a light and a window.